Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs HP Veer 4G vs Alcatel One Touch Fire C

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple HP Alcatel
Announced October 2011 May 2011 February 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2011 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black, White White, black Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
84 x 54.5 x 15.1 mm
(3.31 x 2.15 x 0.59 in)
112.2 x 62 x 12 mm
(4.42 x 2.44 x 0.47 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 103 g (3.63 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 HP webOS 2.1 Firefox OS 1.3
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset 800 MHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM7230 Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 205 -
RAM 512 MB N/A 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB storage, 6.1 GB user available 4 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen 256K colors 256K colors
Size 3.5 inches 2.6 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 400 pixels (197 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 46.48% 52.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels
Flash LED flash fixed focus No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8GB storage, 6.1GB user available 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 910 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 433 h (2G)
Up to 325 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 5 h Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 2 h 40 min (3G)